Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Silence of the Lambs

Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins star in the Academy Award-winning The Silence of the Lambs. Young Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI training academy, is brought in to interview psychopathic, cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, hoping that his insight will offer them answers on a new case.

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The More You Know

  • Nintendo was founded in 1889. Before it sold video games, the Japanese company specialized in playing cards.
  • Doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.
  • Bubble wrap was originally intended to be used as 3D wallpaper.
  • At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland, first prize is the wife's weight in beer.
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